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THE AUTHENTICITY OF THIS WORK HAS KINDLY BEEN CONFIRMED BY MADAME WANDA DE GUéBRIANT, PARIS.
IN 1896, MATISSE AND HIS NEIGHBOUR EMILE WéRY SPENT THE SUMMER AT BELLE-ILE WHERE THEY MET THE AUSTRALIAN JOHN RUSSELL. RUSSELL, A FRIEND OF RODIN AND A COLLECTOR OF WORKS BY VAN GOGH AND EMILE BERNARD WHOM TEN YEARS BEFORE, OFFERED MATISSE TWO OF VAN GOGH'S DRAWINGS. PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THIS, MATISSE'S PALETTE BRIGHTENED. THE LUMINOSITY AND SILVERY LIGHT OF THE PRESENT WORK CAN BE SEEN TO DIRECTLY REFLECT THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS. AS WITH MATISSE'S CONSISTENTLY WELL-STRUCTURED STILL-LIVES OF THIS PERIOD, THE BACKGROUND HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY SIMPLIFIED AND ALREADY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF VAN GOGH, THE DEEP ORANGE, PURPLE, BLUE AND EMERALD, GREEN BLOCKS OF COLOUR BEGIN TO FORM A STYLE WHICH HERALD THE FUTURE OF FAUVISM.
IN 1896, MATISSE AND HIS NEIGHBOUR EMILE WéRY SPENT THE SUMMER AT BELLE-ILE WHERE THEY MET THE AUSTRALIAN JOHN RUSSELL. RUSSELL, A FRIEND OF RODIN AND A COLLECTOR OF WORKS BY VAN GOGH AND EMILE BERNARD WHOM TEN YEARS BEFORE, OFFERED MATISSE TWO OF VAN GOGH'S DRAWINGS. PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THIS, MATISSE'S PALETTE BRIGHTENED. THE LUMINOSITY AND SILVERY LIGHT OF THE PRESENT WORK CAN BE SEEN TO DIRECTLY REFLECT THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMPRESSIONISTS. AS WITH MATISSE'S CONSISTENTLY WELL-STRUCTURED STILL-LIVES OF THIS PERIOD, THE BACKGROUND HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY SIMPLIFIED AND ALREADY, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF VAN GOGH, THE DEEP ORANGE, PURPLE, BLUE AND EMERALD, GREEN BLOCKS OF COLOUR BEGIN TO FORM A STYLE WHICH HERALD THE FUTURE OF FAUVISM.